ON CAMPUS: 29 April – 24 June 2023, Saturdays 10am-2pm. Early Fee ends 20 March 2023
Luke Thurgate
Discover the expressive, representational and atmospheric possibilities of tonal drawing. Starting with observational exercises using still life set ups, you will learn to perceive and convey light and dark tones in your drawings. Luke Thurgate teaches you how to organise tonal values and introduces materials and techniques to express what you see.
Full details below: course overview, course delivery, lecturer profile and art materials
Term: Term Two 2023 Start Date: 29 April 2023 End Date: 24 June 2023 Day: Saturdays Time: 10am-2pm Number of classes: 8
Teacher: Luke Thurgate Level:Â Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Full fee: $980.00 Early Fee: $880.00 Concession Fee: $930.00 Location:Â National Art School
Discover the expressive, representational and atmospheric possibilities of tonal drawing. Starting with observational exercises using still life set ups, you will learn to perceive and convey light and dark tones in your drawings. Luke Thurgate teaches you how to organise tonal values and introduces materials and techniques to express what you see. Through demonstrations and group discussions, you will be encouraged to explore the various ways artists have used lights and darks to add drama and tension to their work. Building on this, Luke guides you to realize the emotive and poetic aspects of your subject as you develop an individual approach to mark-making and composition. He discusses the power of visual language and its capacity to communicate novel, affecting and human ideas.
Lecturer Profile
Luke Thurgate is an artist living and working on Gadigal Land (Sydney). He teaches drawing and painting at the National Art School, where he graduated in 2021 with a Master of Fine Art. Luke has an extensive exhibition history including recent exhibitions at Backwoods Gallery, Burra Regional Art Gallery, National Art School and Adelaide Central Gallery. He was a finalist in the 2019 Dobell Drawing Prize, the 2020 Tom Bass Figurative Sculpture Prize and the 2020 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award.
ART MATERIALS
6 sticks of willow charcoal (medium/large)
1 stick of compressed charcoal
1 stick of white pastel
Charcoal pencils (2B and 6B)
White pastel/charcoal pencil
Graphite pencil (2B or 4B)
White plastic eraser and/or kneadable putty eraser
Blending stump and small piece of cotton cloth
Blade
A4 journal or sketchbook
6 sheets of A1 cartridge paper
Additional materials and surfaces will be discussed during the course
Parkers Fine Art Supplies
Parkers Fine Art Supplies have a location of the NAS campus and offer a discount for NAS short courses students. To discuss and order art materials please contact Parkers on +61 2 9247 9979 or email [email protected]
Website https://www.parkersartsupplies.com/
COVID-19 Policy
Whilst NAS strongly encourages vaccination, students are not required to be vaccinated as a condition of their enrolment at NAS.
Protective clothing and covered footwear essential
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WE PAY OUR RESPECTS TO ALL GADIGAL ELDERS, PAST AND PRESENT, AND CELEBRATE THE DIVERSITY, HISTORY AND CREATIVITY OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES.
